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University of Northern Iowa Academic Advising Mission Statement

Academic Advising is a critical component of the teaching and learning environment at UNI. Advising is a personalized educational experience, empowering students to explore, articulate and achieve their academic, career and life goals.

Office of Academic Advising Mission Statement

The Office of Academic Advising engages students in self-reflection and exploration of academic, career, and life goals while empowering student success through transitions, connections, and resources.

Office of Academic Advising Goals

The staff in the Office of Academic Advising serve the mission of academic advising at UNI through:

Teaching and guiding students to think critically, seek out resources, and take action steps. Advising goals include helping students to:

Find/create logic in their education

View the curriculum as a whole

Make educational choices based on a developing sense of self

Enhance learning experiences by relating them to previously learned knowledge

Working with a network of students and colleagues to support the institutional and academic advising mission and goals of the University.

Understand their academic success, connect with campus resources, and support systems

Engage with faculty, staff, students, participate in organizations, clubs, and activities in our inclusive community

Explore career and professional resources to develop a personalized plan for their academic, career, and life goals

Concept of Advising

Academic advising, based in the teaching and learning mission of higher education, is a series of intentional interactions with a curriculum, a pedagogy, and a set of student learning outcomes. Academic advising synthesizes and contextualizes students’ educational experiences within the frameworks of their aspirations, abilities and lives to extend learning beyond campus boundaries and timeframes.